In my previous post, I wrote: “The Conduit Suite gives you access to Conduit in 7 different applications: FCP, Motion, AE/Mac, PS/Mac, AE/Win, PS/Win, Conduit Live.”
Make that eight, as the Conduit plugin also works in Apple’s Final Cut Express 4. The latest version of this excellent mid-range ($199) video editing application added support for the FxPlug plugin standard, so Conduit now works just as it does in FCP and Motion.
There’s still a few days left of dvGarage’s $149 sale on the new Conduit Suite. If you can accept the limitation of only working with “prosumer” video formats, the combination of FCE+Conduit makes for a tremendous editing system: you get the fluid and familiar Final Cut interface, HDV and AVCHD support, FCE’s new open format timeline… And Conduit delivers advanced effects directly on the timeline – flexible keying, infinitely customizable color effects, custom transitions between clips, and guaranteed high-end color precision through pervasive HDR support.
Total cost: $348 – and you’re also getting Conduit Live and all the other Conduit plugins completely free.
Paul Neureiter | 27-Feb-08 at 5:30 pm | Permalink
Have you actually been able to get Conduit to work in FCE? I’ve been trying, but can’t get a preview window to actually show the changes in my settings. If I click around a bit I can get a single frame that reflects changes, but nothing more. Rendering doesn’t seem to work either.
any ideas?
regards,
Paul
Pauli Ojala | 02-May-08 at 12:13 am | Permalink
Hi Paul,
sorry for not replying before, I didn’t notice your comment until now.
I did try Conduit in FCE and it seems to work as expected. I don’t know what might be wrong in your case. Sorry I can’t be of more help with this information!
Ryan Polito | 30-Jun-08 at 10:46 pm | Permalink
Any chance you can get the vectorscope, waveform and rgb parade from Conduit Live to show up in the FCE plug-in since Final Cut Express doesn’t have those “Pro” features.